Nose-guard.



No. 758,947. PATENTBD MAY 3, 1904. G. W. WELLS.

NOSE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1903.

NO MODEL.

wtiqsses UNTTED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

NOSE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,947, dated May 3, 1904.

Application tiled June 3, 1903.

To a ll'lmm it IIMI-Z/ concern:

Be it known that I, G-Eouon IV. \Vunns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbridge, in the county of 'orcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose-G uards,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to nose-guards and to that class of nose guards ordinarily termed oti'setf in which the supporting or attaching arm extends at an angle to the nose piece or pieces.

In offset nose-guards as ordinarily made the attaching-arm and the support for the nosepiece or cushion are made of flat metal and integral and are cut or stamped out of sheet metal in the desired shape and size. The attaching-arm of the nose-guard ordinarily extends out from one edge of the nose-piece and is sutliciently wide at its attaching end to fill the recess in the end of the post of the mounting of the eyeglasses.

In making offset nose-guards, as above described, there is considerable waste of material.

The object of my invention is to improve upon the construction of offset nose-guards as ordinarily made and as above described and to make an offset nose-guard without any waste of material, and more particularly to make the attaching end thereof of suitable width to fill the recess in the end of the post of the mounting by bending edgewise the metal blank or strip from which the nose-guard is made and butting the contiguous edges, as will be hereinafter described.

In my improved construction of nose-guards instead of stamping or cutting out of sheet metal the nose-guard with the offset attachingarm, as is ordinarily done, as above stated, I take a narrow strip of flat or flattened metal, preferably of one-half the width of the desired width of the attachingend of the attaching-arm, and cut it into the desired lengths, according to the desired form or shape of the nose-guard to be made, and then bend each I separate straight blank (preferably of uniform width throughout) edgewise at one point and shape the nose-guard as desired and at the attaching end of the attaching-arm of Serial No. 159,847. (No model.)

' the nose-guard bring together and butt the contiguous edges of the strip to double the width of the strip at the attaching end.

My improvements in nose-guards may be embodied in many different styles or forms of noseguards, and I have illustrated in the drawings some styles of nose-guards embodying my improvements; but it will be understood that I do not limit my invention to the particular styles shown.

Referring to the drawings,Figurc 1 is a front view of a nose-guard embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the noseguard shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of a modified construction of the nose-guard shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4: is a rear view of another modilied construction. Fig. 5 is a front view of another modified construction, showing the eyeglass-spring integral with the nose-guard. Fig. 6 is a rear view of another modified construction. Fig. 7 is a front view of another 'moditied construction, and Fig. 8 is a front view of another modified construction.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is a noseguard embodying my improvements.

2 is a nose-piece or cushion shown secured to the nose-guard in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and in Fig. 6. The cushion 2 may be made of horn, cork, or any desired material and of any well-known shape.

The nose-guard 1, to which my invention relates, is made from a narrow strip or blank of flat or flattened metal which is preferably of uniform width throughout and of suitable length, according to the shape of the noseguard to be made. The strip or blank of metal is bent edgewise at one point, and at the attaching end of the attaching-arm 1' of the nose-guard 1 the contiguous edges of the strip are brought together and butted against each other to make the attaching end double the width of the strip and of a width to correspond to the width of the recess in the end of the post of then'iounting. (Not shown.) The bent portion at the end of the attaching-arm 1 is preferably swaged or hammered to make it of the proper thickness, and a hole 3 is made therein for the attaching-screw. (Not shown.)

In the modified construction shown in Fig.

5 the nose-guard 1 and the eyeglass-spring 4 are made integral, and there is another similar nose-guard (not shown) at the other endof the spring 4 and integral therewith.

The modified construction shown in Fig. 7 corresponds with the construction shown in Fig. 5, except that the eyeglass-spring portion 4 is not made a part of the nose-guard.

In the modified construction shown in Figs. 6 and 8 one end of the strip is bent edgewise to form the attaching end of double width, and in Fig. 8 the other end of the strip is also bent edgewise to form a loop and the end soldered to the main part, as indicated by dotted lines in said figure.

In the nose-guards shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the strip or blank is bent edgewise at about its middle point to form the attaching end of the attaching-arm, and the free ends are bent divergingly and support the cushions 2.

It will be understood that the details of construction of my improvements may be varied, if desired. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved offset nose-guard formed of a strip of flattened metal having a portion intermediate its ends turned or bent edgewise upon itself in the plane thereof, the contiguous v substantially as described.

GEORGE W. l/VELLS. Witnesses:

J. C. W ELLs, P. H. HERBERT. 

